Wall Street Journal’s blog All Things Digital(ATD) reported that Yahoo! Japan is going to announce that they will use Google Search as its search backend, switching from their customized Yahoo! Search Technology(YST). At this point, there are no Japanese media reported this rumour, except Bloomberg Japanese [J] which just refers All Things Digital. Until more… Continue reading Is Yahoo! Japan Switching To Google Search?
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Motorboat Art Zipping Up The Sea
A Japanese artist Suzuki Yasuhiro‘s [J] “Zipper Motorboat” is sailing at Setonai-sea art festival [J]. Tokyo-based modern art creator Suzuki, who made a small prototype in 2004 (Movie), who has been dreaming “to divide the sea by gigantic zipper”, made up the ride-able sized boat as a water taxi. # It is under trial operation… Continue reading Motorboat Art Zipping Up The Sea
Browser Nail Art By A Geek Japanese Girl
A Japanese blogger Mamipeko made a geeky challenge [J] on a nail art shop [J] in Ebisu, central Tokyo. Firefox, Opera and Internet Explorer on her nails, The shop painter lady only knew “e” icon unfortunately. The one most took time to finish was Firefox. Google Chrome and Apple Safari are there, too. Thanks for… Continue reading Browser Nail Art By A Geek Japanese Girl
Naisyoku – Japanese Mobile Social Game Leads You To Be… Menial Labor
Naisyoku (Moonlight Job) is a new social game by Acquire Corp. for DeNA’s mobile social networking service Mobage Town. The Japanese word Naisyoku is not so positive. It literally means “working at home” but the word is often used to refer ultra menial labors done by low-income people who are unable to take regular jobs.… Continue reading Naisyoku – Japanese Mobile Social Game Leads You To Be… Menial Labor
Tokyo Homeless and His PC
I have no idea how he gets power and the internet connection, because plugging to power sockets in public space is not so safe in Japan.
Recruit’s New Coupon Site Troubled, Raises Suspicious On Groupon Model
Recruit, an online-and-paper publication company (Asiajin) has been teasing its Groupon clone with Twitter lottery [J] of 20,000 yen to 100,000 yen ($1,100) prize, finally launched Pomparade [J] today, but their memorable first coupon had an issue. The first coupon seller is Ocean Casita, an Italian restaurant which locates at the 59th floor of Sunshine… Continue reading Recruit’s New Coupon Site Troubled, Raises Suspicious On Groupon Model
July 2010 Japan IT Links (Part 1)
First half of July news which we did not write as a dedicated article. Continued to (Part 2) Referred pages are all in Japanese, unless otherwise stated. Groupon Clone Q:pod Occupies Yamanote-Line Train. Q:pod Is A Joint Venture By Pakureserve And Infinit Ventures Rakuten Releases Rakuten-IE8 Tokyo Metropolitan Police Introduces The First Surveillance Camera Car… Continue reading July 2010 Japan IT Links (Part 1)
Twitnovels – Crowdsourcing Novel Community
Twitnovels opened on 12th July by two Japanese companies, Heartrails and Marici, is a community based novel writing platform supporting Japanese and English “relayed” novels. “Relayed Novel” is a form of online writing which you can sometimes see on Japanese forums like 2-channel. There a forum reader starts writing a short text, then someone continues,… Continue reading Twitnovels – Crowdsourcing Novel Community
iPhone App To Scrub Down Gal’s Make-Up “The Suppin.”
On July 3rd, CA Mobile, Cyber Agent’s mobile contents subsidiary, released an iPhone/iPod app “The Suppin.”(Face without makeup). On the app, which features either Japanese gals or kyabajo-es(cabaret-club hostess. see Neo Japonisme’s excellent article if you are interested in), you can scrub down their special makeup – “mori make” explained that high-stacked make-up on the… Continue reading iPhone App To Scrub Down Gal’s Make-Up “The Suppin.”
iPhone Battery Charger Having A Face
Elecom Japan’s new compact iPhone battery charger AVA-ACU01 series hitting on store this middle of July has a cute variation AVA-ACU01F1, face designed one. The adapter takes Japan’s AC100V and provide DC5V with USB socket, which your iPod/iPhone can be plugged. Yes, that is cute. But a Japanese iPhone fangirl blog iPhone Joshi suggests to… Continue reading iPhone Battery Charger Having A Face